Dodgers Still Sitting at No. 1 in MLB Power Rankings

Is anyone really surprised that the Los Angeles Dodgers still sit in the No. 1 spot in the latest MLB Power Rankings? The Dodgers didn't really do much to deserve being bumped down the list of all 30 MLB clubs.

For its latest MLB Power Rankings, The Athletic has Los Angeles sitting pretty and looking down to the rest of the teams. Dodgers fans watched Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and other Dodgers players get off to a slow start at the plate. But it's not really something to worry about because Los Angeles has a powerful lineup from top to bottom.

Here's a statistic that The Athletic's Grant Brisbee pointed out as a real meaningless statistic right now: A . 222 team average, 0. 00 bullpen ERA.

"It’s not like everyone on the Dodgers is cooking," Brisbee wrote. "Shohei Ohtani hasn’t gotten much to swing at, and he hasn’t done much with the swings he’s gotten off. Four of the everyday players — Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández, Kyle Tucker and Ohtani — were under the Mendoza Line for the first series of the season.